Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TRANSFIGURED, by MARCUS S. C. RICKARDS



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First Line: I watch a ball by rampant feet
Last Line: Shall chime eternal praise.
Subject(s): Evil; Heaven; Praise; Time; Paradise


I WATCH a ball by rampant feet
Tossed wildly to and fro,
The mad advance, the grim retreat,
The frenzied ebb and flow.
I hear the loud huzzas that greet
Heroic friend or foe.

And lo! the field becomes the World;
High Heaven my vantage ground;
The ball thus bandied, carried, hurled,
A soul mid earthly round;
The sides against each other hurled
With shame or honour crowned,

Embattled angels, these of Light
And those of gloom, full strong,
This side, to near the goal of Right,
That side, the goal of Wrong.
While clustering near to view the fight
Are ranged a spirit throng.

God! how they strive and strain and press
Who the weak mortal claim,
Now grasped by Evil's utmost stress --
Heaven mar its force and aim!
Now at the feet of those who bless --
Christ speed them to the game!

Cheer them, pure Spirits! Like the sun
Flash out in glory blaze!
Joy! Time is over, they have won!
Their charge they hold and raise!
While echoing plaudits, now begun,
Shall chime eternal Praise.





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